Education
Born in Reineh, Hamis attended a high school in Nazareth, before studying at the American University of Beirut.
Born in Reineh, Hamis attended a high school in Nazareth, before studying at the American University of Beirut.
However he entered the Knesset on 21 September that year as a replacement for the deceased Yitzhak Yitzhaky. He was re-elected in 1959 and 1961, before losing his seat in the 1965 elections. He died in 1986 at the age of 65.
In 1949 he joined Mapam, and became a member of the secretariat of the Haifa branch, before becoming a member of the party"s national central committee and secretariat. The following year he joined the Histadrut"s actions committee, and in 1977 became a member of the union"s central committee. He also served as deputy chairman of its Arab department, was on the board of Beit Berl, and was a member of the Hapoel sports organisation"s central committee.